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Looking for some ideas on how to fill screw holes in cedar decking. One of my guys doing the fastening of the deck thought it would be better to set screws about 1/8 to 1/4 below surface to allow for wood shrinkage (my fault, as I encourage thinking). I usually use a screw gun to set the screws flush, and if they need tweaking down due to shrinkage in the future, so be it.
Is there some kind of filler that would blend in with the cedar (to be clear finished by customer) or would a glue/sawdust compound work. My fears in just leaving it are darkening around holes due to water infiltration as well as the fact it does not look so good.
Any ideas for remedies to this situation would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim B
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Looking for some ideas on how to fill screw holes in cedar decking. One of my guys doing the fastening of the deck thought it would be better to set screws about 1/8 to 1/4 below surface to allow for wood shrinkage (my fault, as I encourage thinking). I usually use a screw gun to set the screws flush, and if they need tweaking down due to shrinkage in the future, so be it.
Is there some kind of filler that would blend in with the cedar (to be clear finished by customer) or would a glue/sawdust compound work. My fears in just leaving it are darkening around holes due to water infiltration as well as the fact it does not look so good.
Any ideas for remedies to this situation would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jim B